Chapter 359 Collector

When did they appear?

Like many organisms, the granular organisms did not see the birth of the tubes, which were already huge when they first appeared.

However, it felt that it could learn everything about them by observing the activities in the pipes.

Now this channel is called 'Civilization Collector'.

It has always been collecting...all kinds of civilizations.

The length of 'The Collector' is about the same as the first Midgard that Lin knew, which is more than 100,000 kilometers.

There are many biological civilizations on it. Although these civilizations are very close to each other, they cannot directly contact each other.

They are all separated by transparent 'walls' so they can develop peacefully.

Usually they regard this wall as a natural phenomenon. The main goal of many civilizations during their development is to find a way to break down the wall, while also being on guard against the civilization on the other side of the wall constantly increasing its military power.

Because the walls in many areas are not thick, each civilization can directly see the opposite civilization.

Most civilizations develop by treating the civilization on the other side of the wall as their main opponent. Although they will conduct various communications, due to the lack of direct contact, they still cannot determine the other party's true thoughts.

Many civilizations fail to notice that the biggest threat to them is not the civilization next door, but the pipes in which they live.

The 'Collector' wanders in the vast void, searching for traces of various civilizations.

According to the Particle Creatures, one of the Collector's most powerful abilities is its ability to reconstruct an entire civilization based on a very small detail.

For example, when it was wandering in the void, it discovered some creations of civilization, such as buildings, fragments of aircraft, etc. Even if this thing was very small and contained very little information, it could still restore an entire civilization...everything through this little information.

Including what species exist in this civilization, how they develop, how they live, how they prosper, and how they perish.

When the 'Collector' discovers some civilized creations and analyzes them, it will establish a 'civilized area' within its body.

This area includes a certain number of civilized creatures and a wild environment suitable for their development, and then they will develop and rise rapidly here.

This restored civilization is not completely accurate, but it will be very close to the original civilization.

The granular creatures think that it is also possible that development on the pipeline is definitely very different from the original development, although the pipeline simulates a suitable environment for these civilizations.

In short, the 'collector' can detect the past and future of a civilization through a little bit of civilization traces.

Every time it finds a fragment of civilization in the void, it means that a new civilization will be born inside the pipeline.

They are also like collectibles, kept inside the pipes and live there.

Because the space for collection is limited, when there is not enough space to create a new civilization area, the "collector" will let some overdeveloped civilizations perish in order to make room for the development of new civilizations.

Most of the destroyed civilizations were those that had reached their "peak". They consumed a large amount of resources in their living areas and were extremely eager to leave and develop and explore in the void.

However, some civilizations were constantly at war with each other, and they perished before the "Collectors" took the initiative to destroy them.

Whenever a civilization perishes, the 'Collectors' will record their information and store it... somewhere.

This information includes all the contents of this civilization, such as how many individuals have been born and how many things have been created.

As new and old civilizations continue to replace each other, the civilizations collected by "collectors" are becoming more and more abundant.

Almost no civilization realizes that it is a collection, but of course individuals in many civilizations will have this idea, as if they feel that the world is a prison and they are being kept as experimental animals.

But no matter how many individuals with this idea emerged, their entire civilization continued to develop as it was supposed to, and they never took these ideas seriously.

Except... a civilization.

There was a civilization that was quite special in that it stopped developing at a certain point.

They began to focus very much on resource reuse and no longer developed any new technologies.

Many civilizations would try to develop the technology to fly out in the later stages, but this civilization began to reduce the number of population reproduction... and tried to greatly extend the lifespan of individuals, while stopping all thoughts of flying out.

This civilization is mainly dominated by the "prison theory". They believe that the entire world... is a huge organism, and all civilizations here are kept in this organism.

Countless creatures had had this thought before, but this was the first time an entire civilization took it seriously.

And many of their guesses were correct. They believed that civilizations that wanted to escape and civilizations that overdeveloped would inevitably be destroyed.

They must accept the status quo and stop all research that attempts to escape.

According to the observations of the granular creatures, this civilization that had stopped developing did continue.

If they stop developing, it seems that they will not be chosen for destruction by the 'Collector'. It will still give priority to destroying those overdeveloped civilizations.

Therefore, many civilizations have already perished during the time that this civilization has continued.

However, they do not want to be completely content with the status quo, because they can still observe the starry sky outside the pipeline and are curious about things in the void, so they still try hard... to communicate with the pipeline.

They used various methods, including speaking close to the ground, to try to see if the pipe would respond to them.

Of course, it all failed.

The Collector has never communicated with the civilization within it, although it does manage it.

It has been floating in the void. In addition to searching for fragments of civilization, it has also directly come into contact with many civilizations.

Many civilizations regard this huge pipeline as a huge threat and will launch an attack before it gets close.

Just like the fragments of civilization, the 'collector' can analyze the overall situation of a civilization based on its weapons.

The 'Collector' also plays the role of a doomsdayer, and like the collecting civilization, it also likes to destroy other civilizations.

There are some civilizations that survive its approach, but they are usually...lower level.

Whether destroyed or not, these civilizations will always be collected by it.

As the 'Collector's' collection grew, it encountered some...problems.

It also has some civilizations that cannot be collected, and some creatures that cannot be collected.